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Why is feeding children so controversial?

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Because once we start doing socialism for kids, people will start asking for socialism for everyone, and the ultra rich wants to keep that under control.

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“Socialism! Marxists!”

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Because it’s being called “free” when it is not.

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You’re right. It’s better than free. It sets those kids up for a healthier life, making them more well rounded into adulthood. It’s a highly returning investment in our future.

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But if they deserved to eat, they would’ve been born into families that could feed them.

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How much will the children have to pay each time they get a lunch? Or is it more like a subscription where they pay per month or something?

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Not shit Sherlock, taxes would pay for it. Better to have our money feeding fat kids than buying more bombs for the IDF.

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Because they’re obese

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Your weight loss solution is starvation then? That’ll kill 'em faster than obesity will.

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It’ll solve the obesity as well as the financial and logistical issues the article cites

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Fuck it, I’ll publicly admit I found this funny

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This is such an obvious non partisan no Brainer. So it definitely will never happen in the US on a meaningful scale.

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Alas, it is partisan. Republicans love to see the poor people suffer because it makes them feel superior.

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What’s the point of selling your soul for comfort if some of that comfort could be provided for others for free. No no. Others must suffer for the conservative to enjoy what they’ve got

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You idiots. Kids with fewer financial burdens don’t want to work in the factory farms! Plus when they do their fancy learning they start to figure out that there could be a better way of life than getting their limbs removed by machines last serviced when they were in diapers. It’s almost like you think kids are white men the way you’re talking about about taking care of them

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No shit sherlock. News break: sending the equivalent of one little merger in the US to countries who cant provide their people with food would make us all live better.

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This is an area the the US is far ahead of Canada in as far as beneficial social programs go and as a former kid who struggled to have a midday meal, I hope y’all protect this with your lives.

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